Fine Spice

02/22/2024

1st & foremost I will like to thank GOD almighty & the universe for allowing my vision 2 take place. I mean everything aligned for me the way it was meant to be. It was like rapid fire, I had a vision, I wrote it down, I spoke it into existence & all of a sudden I was supported by these two wonderful strong headed women.. & here we are.

So thank you GOD.

I want to thank my mom and my beautiful 11 year old boy. I do this for y’all ♥️

Thanks Jessie () for being a major support in my project and being my right hand in the process and Marylin (.flower.co) for allowing my vision to take place in her beautiful displayed venue.

Thanks to my best friend Pamela, Janet & Veronica for jumping in without hesitation and becoming part of my precious team..

& Last but not least, S/O to (Ariel mendez) for performing live, complimenting the ambience with some jazzy tunes and setting the mood.

My name is Chef Elena and I’m a certified street cook (sounds funky when I say it out-loud) but with years of experience in different restaurants I enjoy calling it for what it is. Being a self-motivated woman in this industry, man is it tough; being undermine, experiencing sexism, sacrificing weekends and holidays, time away from family.. only the strong survive …but it is in the kitchen where I’m meant to be, inspiring new b’s and youngins, even teaching old dogs new tricks and vice versa.. It where I let go of all my hardships and transmute that energy to creative dishes. It’s where I feel the most comfortable. I did not attend culinary school, im not an award winning chef or a master of molecular gastronomy ( not yet at least ) I have a passion for the art of cooking & a niche for blending flavors.

& that is why I created a multicultural menu; with a twist.. I derived from my dominican roots & infused it with the lovely delicate french cuisine .. I think the 4 components to creating a well balanced dish are..

Salt, citrus, sweet, & a little heat.

02/01/2024

All my seats are selling!

Spoke it into existence & it’s slowly becoming..

Dios si es bueno 🙏🏽🥹

Have y’all booked your love seats yet?

‼️ 14 days left ‼️

01/15/2024

*ONE MONTH LEFT*

I’m so excited to share my vision with you guys 🍽️

✨- Have you reserved your loved seat for February 14th? ♥️

01/04/2024

🥂Happy New Years everyone ✨
First off let me thank you all for always supporting Fine Spice & Kids in the Kitchen 🧑🏼‍🍳For truly allowing my visions from scratch to come to life from the kitchen to your pallets 🤗🍴

Chef Elena, is back by popular demand & we LOVE it here 🍾💕

With the collaboration of .flower.co & we will be hosting our 1’st annual Valentines Day Dinner Experience!!

This 5 Course French Dominican
Cuisine will be held on Wednesday 2/14/24♥️ aka huuuump daaaay 🙃

DEETS ✨✨✨✨✨
♡︎18 seats now are available for purchase
♡︎ $190 Per couple w. Choice of White or Red Wine 🍷
♡︎ $170 Per couple w/o wine
♡︎ $85 individual seating

❣️all love is welcome, see you there❣️

01/24/2023

A lot of my beautiful people have been sliding thru my DM’s asking for the Valentine’s Private Dinner availability. 🗓️

These are the time slots I have available. It’s a $75 dollar deposit to secure your spot/per couples. Do reserve your spot in advance, Valentine is right around the corner ❤️

$50 for Food Fee + $25 deposit (non-refundable fee) 📥📨

I accept 📱 Apple Pay/Zelle/CashApp/Venmo 💵🧾

🗺️ An applicable fee will be added in regards to distance. The first 20 miles is on me and past that I will charge $1.50/mile 🚗 💨

01/23/2023

🌹W- February right around the corner I figure I’ll inform ya.. 💌

Eat your heart out & book Chef Elena for your next private valentine’s dinner 🍽️ 💕👩🏻‍🍳

Options include a plated 3-course tapas experience right at your home ✨

DM me for available slots before I get booked up ❤️

01/11/2023

Greetings, followers.

Chef Elena here, your one and only.. There are obvious upsides and downsides to being a entrepreneurs. If you know, you know. But the biggest? The luxury of choice.
I choose to create this amazing after school program, bc there wasn’t one being ran around the area truthfully to enlighten the youth with a life skill they can take forever by a latina chef. I had a vision, but in order to stay afloat you need a steady revenue & with food inflation.. I ain’t gotta say more bc we all feeling it. Despite working two jobs and trying to be the best mom I could be, I ran myself to thin but there’s also a-lot that went down behind the scene. It got tough but not impossible. I made a-lot of sacrifices to mold my brand, unfortunately life got in the way & while the majority of the world has little to no say in what I can and cannot do, I am going to step down & take a much needed break, but remember it is not goodbye. Just a mental/physical/financial reassessment towards my self journey. I will find ways to make up for lost time & network with whom ever is fit to continue to fulfill my purpose.. Life is what you make of it. I’m utterly happy to admit that I inspired your littles ones to go on a culinary adventure with me and used my energy to cultivate greatness and educate them. S/o to all the parents that supported my dreams, especially the loyal moms who I build a relationship with, y’all the truly the cutest. I love y’all. Without y’all it wouldn’t be possible.
Man, s/o to those that help me along the way. Big shout out to for seeing my vision and wanting it to be as successful as we saw it.
They say money is the measure of success, I ain’t got none lol and yet I feel so accomplished because what I envisioned for the community and these kids, was my fulfilled purpose.

I can say did that 🙌💯

I came, I created, I conquered 🤍

With a cup of confidence,
Chef Elena ✨

11/08/2022

ℍ𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕪 𝟙𝕤𝕥 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 anniversary to KIDZ IN THE KITCHEN.. a year from today we decided to share the love and knowledge we have for food to the youth of my community. Since I grew up in this community we knew exactly what these kids needed. We made sure to set the right tone in my cooking class, taking one way tickets with the kidz on a culinary adventure to inspire interest on a everyday life skill they will take forever. We are happy to build relationships with parents who invest in their child interest as much as my passion. I’ve stretched myself as far as expanding my services outside of my community, within school districts, and within programs that help me set my vision in place. Seeing my business grows, giving back, evolving, having the kidz express their gratitude towards how they feel about my program made it possible to achieve this milestone. After all, without the kidz, without a community to host and support my business, this anniversary never would have happened.

𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑜𝓂 𝑜𝒻 𝓂𝓎 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 💛

09/20/2022

"Alittle trick, alittle treat 🎃
to make your child halloween so sweet 🍭
Now pass it on to friend or foe 🎭
your child cooking interest will grow and grow 🫶🏽
Enjoy the fun, enjoy the fright 👻
Let's celebrate halloween night
Every Thursday from 5-630pm 🪄📲
with Kidz in the Kitchen" 👩‍🍳

that’s right your girl chef Elena thought how cool will it be to announce that I’m offering 4 classes for the price of 3 for the crispy month of October 🍂

*offer ends October 5, 2022**

This month I want to create a even more fun sanctuary for my young chefs at RTK, by focusing on having super chill vibes, self-expression, social and emotional skill development all while creating edible halloween crafts & just strengthen the community involvement . We all know Halloween is all about dressing up and of course the treats. So let’s get together after school and enjoy some spooky vibes every Thursday night 🧟‍♀️

Payments would be taken through
Zelle/Cashapp/Venmo/Apple Pay
due to underlining accommodations with the website! If you have any questions feel free to reach out via DM’s

09/16/2022

Trusting the process, and so far ✨

09/12/2022

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09/07/2022

That’s right, as KITK keeps growing so does my intention to make this a very special after school program for the kiddos of my community. I want to learn to network with the right teams and invest my business to greater potential. Bc it’s oooh so there, & sometimes you just need the right people by your side to spark the magic 🪄

So if you guys can be so kind as to tag the farms you like to get some of your produce from that would be absolutely phenomenal.

Somewhere down the road, when the flowers starts to sprout 🌱 and it’s the raining month of them all, aka SPRING, I will like to introduce a easy-canning class but first I need to get educated on it myself. But definitely in the books & the works 🤞🏽

Anyways enough about my hopes & dreams lol, tag below and let a chef know 🙃

08/30/2022

❌🍓A SWEET GIVEAWAY 🍓 ❌

There has been a lovely donation in support of my ✨small business✨ 👏👏👏

So I’m paying it forward by giving away a FREE baking class to not ☝🏽 but ✌🏽different kidz for my awesome after school cooking classes!

🧁🥧🍰September 15th 2022’ 📌

I will be announcing TWO lucky winner next Tuesday on my IG 💌 (Ages 9-16)
📰

It’s the perfect way to get your child’s interest in the art of cooking & to spread awareness of this lovely after school program located in Lawrence, Ma 🧡




Where my active parents at? Tag them below👇, follow my page, share & support 🤸🏼‍♂️🤸🏼

Go follow my business page on Instagram

08/30/2022

❌🍓A SWEET GIVEAWAY 🍓 ❌

There has been a lovely donation in support of my ✨small business✨ 👏👏👏

So I’m paying it forward by giving away a FREE baking class to not ☝🏽 but ✌🏽different kidz in the cooking program!

🧁🥧🍰September 15th 2022’ 📌

I will be announcing TWO lucky winner next Tuesday on my IG 💌 (Ages 9-16)
📰

It’s the perfect way to get your child’s interest in the art of cooking & to spread awareness of this lovely after school program located in Lawrence, Ma 🧡




Where my active parents at? Tag them below👇, follow my page, share & support 🤸🏼‍♂️🤸🏼

08/23/2022

Not your average GRILLED CHEESE🧀!!
With a twist 🤫🧈🍞! Sweet, savory, and spicy all in one class session.
Join Kidz in the Kitchen,
(09/01/2022, 5-630pm, 420 common st.)

Parents, let’s normalize giving our children the enthusiasm they need to develop their interest in the kitchen 🫶🏽

Taking leftovers for family and friends is highly required 🥰

Go book now 📲🧑🏼‍🍳👩‍🍳

08/16/2022

When I was 11 years old, I began to teach myself how to cook. Little did I realize that by learning this life skill, I would worry less about being able to find a good meal, but I would also carry an extra boost of confidence with me. From prepping tables, to flat tops, cooking with top dogs on the grill, I told myself why not teach children how to cook. From the YMCA, the LEAP program to my own Kidz in the Kitchen, I have seen my students grow with not just their cooking skills, an abundance of joy while eating their meal, but also a major life skills they take forever ! More importantly though, I have seen their self confidence grow!
In todays world, knowing how to cook is vital, so sign your child up today 🤍

www.finespice.info

08/08/2022

I don’t know about you but I could really go for some cauliflower pizza right now! That class was so much fun. I’m missing all of my little chefs.

Are y’all ready?

07/25/2022

“Hard work is paying off! 🙃

I am beyond excited to show you all the new Kidz in the Kitchen logo!

Stay tuned because I got lots more to show off!” 😋👏👏

07/11/2022

Hey hey hey, curious, what have you guys been cooking this summer? My lovely parents, ask your kids what they will like to learn to make this fall and drop it on the comment below 👇👇👇

07/07/2022

I’m working hard on the small business details for FineSpice & KITK. Good things to come, can’t wait to see you in September 🤭🤓😏💡🖊🔎

05/30/2022

Hi Parents!

Since starting Kidz in the Kitchen I have been blown away by how many of you and your kids have attended my classes and how quickly Kidz in the Kitchen has grown over the past several months! With all of the growth, I have decided to take some time off this summer so that I can focus on getting all of the nuts and bolts organized for an amazing return in September..

I cannot wait to see you all then! I will be sure to keep in touch and keep you updated on when classes return!

Chef Elena, 🧂

05/18/2022

🎟 2 slots left for tomorrows cooking class 🎟
Book now www.FineSpice.info 📲
Last class of the month!
Tomorrow at 5-630pm 🕔
At the RTK of Lawrence, MA.
🍗 Chicken Broccoli Alfredo 🥦

Kidz in the kitchen is a high energy kids cooking classes that are fun and innovating with easy to use recipes and more...

04/13/2022

*11 spots left*

“Let’s normalized creating memories with our Kidz in the Kitchen”

The price is valued for two - a mom and a child for the price of one! A extra $25 for a third child!

Making memories, music to set the vibes (request songs thru my DM’s) mock-tails & much much more 🍳🥓🍞 ..



Sign up now, space is limited!
www.FineSpice.info

Tag your mom’s down below ⬇️
Support by spreading the word!

04/12/2022

04/08/2022

I’m excited to announce Kidz in the Kitchen is welcoming mommy’s for a Mother’s Day Special. Spots will be limited! Mark your calendars, May 7th from 6-8pm enjoy making breakfast while sipping on mock-tails with your little ones 🥂✨

If your looking for something to do on Mother’s Day why not join me in the Revolving Test Kitchen in Lawrence, Ma.

What’s on the menu?

French Toast with mixed berry’s 🍇🫐🍓, a traditional Italian twist on maple syrup🍯, sausage 🍳 & cheese 🧀 frittatas & much much more 👏👏

A memorial event for such sweet occasion, the best part is no clean up & I’ll be your host/chef guiding you along the way, making sure you enjoy the quality time spent with your little once while you vibe out!

Ages 5-99+ lol .. you ain’t gotta be little to experience this mother day event. Oye vamonos con todo 😂👏